European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 04, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse The Case of the careless Bullet by John Reese staff writer pro three or More generations of Al american boys the word Daisy is practically synonymous with by gun Sand air rifles. The Daisy manufacturing company of Rogers ark., has come up with perhaps the boldest step Forward ii the firearms Field since the switch from muzzle to Breech loading rifles. Already on the Market the break through in Small arms is a Rifle which fires a Cartridge without Case or to Daisy spokesmen this substantially reduces weight maintenance and expense an most desirable things to Cut in the manufacture of firearms. The system involves both firing mechanism and ammunition. It was developed under the title project Al Over a 12-Yearperiod. The title comes from the name of the inventor Jules Van Langenhovel a belgian chemist ballistic an. Hearing of his work Daisy president ass s. Hough brought Van Langen Hoven to Rogers. In a nutshell the system Fea Tures a Bullet to which a propellant i chemically fastened. This Cartridge is placed in the Rifle s chamber which is sealed. Then the propellant is ignited by a Jet of superheated compressed air injected into the chamber through valve. Dairy engineers claim that a wide Range of velocities is possible and say the accuracy and striking Power Are comparable to those of conventional .22 Caliper rifles in the competitive although no Price was mentioned this is interpreted by gun experts to mean in the $35-$100 bracket the Al Rifle has fewer moving parts primarily a trigger mechanism which releases an air Piston under the tension of a powerful Spring. This compresses and heats the igniting air Jet. An Independent ballistic an who tested one of the Al prototypes a lever action Model reported that the smoke recoil and report were All less than the conventional .22 desirable Factor reported was the near absence of bore fouling be cause the propellant Burns without Leav ing a residue. Daisy claims that test guns have been fired up to 50,000 times without being cleaned or otherwise maintained. Although Daisy has not spent much Effort on other applications of the Al system a Bright future for its use inthe Industrial Field is foreseen. One West coast Industrial tool com Pany is reported to be working up pow Der actuated tools such As Concrete Nail Drivers on the Al principle. Although Daisy is presently confining its Market models to those using Small Caliper Light weight bullets it disclaimed that the Basic design of the gun can be adapted to big game rifles. Military research and development officers have shown some interest i the Al system obviously with an Eye to reducing gun weight and cutting the Cost of observer pointed out that if a round could be developed for tank guns for example the elimination of spent cases that quickly litter the Compart ment s floor during sustained fire would be possible. New system is called boldest step Forward since switch from muzzle loading. Solid propellant attached to missile produces Jet flame. Fulling of Trig str release Spring. Solid a operant attached to i duet Jet of hat air goes through Valv and explodes pro Pellant Chon of 22 Caliper a Bill. Hunger goes Forward with great farce. Air in Cylinder i compressed and be comes hot. Wednesday october 4, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 11
